78. Weekend Work: Smart Move or Bad Habit? And How to Regain Weekday Focus (Q&A)

12/06/2025 18 min Episodio 78
78. Weekend Work: Smart Move or Bad Habit? And How to Regain Weekday Focus (Q&A)

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Is it okay to work on weekends? And what’s going on when you sit down to work during the week but just… can’t? In this Q&A episode, I’m answering two listener-submitted questions that get at the heart of time, focus, and burnout.We’ll talk about when weekend work can actually serve you, and when it’s just masking deeper problems. I’ll also walk you through the most common reasons people lose weekday focus (hint: it’s not laziness), and how to restructure your systems to make your workday more manageable.What You’ll Learn:How to tell whether weekend work is helping or hurtingA system-first approach to solving weekday focus issuesSigns that your productivity strategy (not you!) might be brokenWhy focus is not about willpower (and what to do instead)⭐SchoolHabits University (Parents, go here)⭐SchoolHabits University (Students, go here)🔗 Resources + Episodes Mentioned:Episode website (with transcript)Subscribe on YouTube(@LearnAndWorkSmarter) 🎥Episode 12: Are Your Productivity Systems Broken?Episode 14: How to Use the Pomodoro TechniqueEpisode 45: Are You Doing Too Much?Episode 77: How to Use Time Blocking to Improve Focus and ProductivityFree Professional Self-Assessment Checklist: (Free PDF download)Never stop learning.✏️Get my $47 Note-Taking Course: collegenotetakingsystem.comGot your own burning question you'd like me to answer on a future episode? AWESOME! You can submit your questions via the form on my homepage right here.Please follow the show and leave a review if what you hear is helpful. Doing so helps me more than you'll ever know. Thank you!!LET'S CONNECTSign up for my (pretty darn good) newsletter that I very craftily named ReportCard. For hundreds of tutorials featuring tips on studying, productivity, organization, learning, time management and more, head to my blog: SchoolHabits.com.Subscribe on YouTube(@LearnAndWorkSmarter)Connect on Instagram (@SchoolHabits)Connect on Facebook (SchoolHabitsKatie)

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